Being a cool season grass fescue maintains its lush green color in all seasons except summer.
Overseeding bermuda grass with fescue.
Prep the overseeding site.
Bermuda grass is a warm season grass that thrives in the heat of midsummer.
Some gardeners prefer to replace it with fescue a cool season grass that does best in the fall winter and spring.
When overseeding bermuda with fescue encourage aggressive fescue growth even into the warmer spring months by allowing shade from buildings or overhanging trees to cover the turf.
Also both types of grasses need nitrogen fertilizer but on completely.
By then warm season bermuda usually has grown back thereby allowing homeowners with this turf mix to maintain green lawns all year round.
It makes the summer lawn look lush.
Since bermuda grass is a warm season grass and fescue is a cool season grass the two seem like a match made in heaven.
But it does not do well in cooler weather and may need to be overseeded in the fall.
Ryegrass aside you can also overseed bermuda grass turfs with fescue grass varieties.
With high quality fescue grass seed in hand it s time to move on to preparing the lawn.
Prepare the lawn before seeding by mowing your bermuda grass about 1 inch and by raking the lawn vigorously with a metal tined rake.
Cut to about 1 5 inches before overseeding so the new seedlings can compete with the existing grass and weeds.
Unfortunately there are problems mixing the two grasses.